Pair accused of fuel thefts

SANDPOINT — Sandpoint Police arrested two Spokane men early Monday morning in connection with a string of fuel thefts at Gas & Go.

Phillip Jay Ragland and Ronald Hanley Thompson Jr. are each charged with single counts of grand theft and two counts of petty theft. The duo made an initial appearance in Bonner County Magistrate Court on Tuesday.

Judge Lori Meulenberg set the suspects’ bail at $5,000 each and appointed public defenders to represent them, court records show. Preliminary hearings in their respective cases are pending.

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